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Who's to blame for Scottish spending cuts? Experts have their say

Sep 03, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    30% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    30% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

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Bias Score Analysis

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-16% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Meanwhile, Jamie Livingston, head of Oxfam Scotland, said: "More hardship and hollowing out of public spending are the very last thing Scotland needs when economic inequality is rising, poverty rates are stubbornly high and climate change targets are crumbling.
41% : "We need to take seriously the role of public spending in addressing these issues, and that inevitably means sharing costs across society through the tax system.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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